This is what it looks like in action:
A high school in California has warned students against chanting ‘USA’ at sporting events in case it offends students of ‘different ethnicities’. Lori Emmington, the principal of Vista del Lago in Folsom, California, sent an email to parents and made the announcement over the PA system on Thursday.
She suggested that it was appropriate for students to chant ‘USA’ after singing the National Anthem or Pledge of Allegiance but that if used at athletic events in any other way, it could risk sending an ‘unintended message’. ‘During an athletic event, when Vista fans are in a competitive environment and cheering their school pride, chanting USA might be confusing. What is the intent, and is it open to misinterpretation? What would be the purpose at a sporting event?’ the email read.
When women like this are removed from their positions for acts of such pernicious defeatism, we’ll know that confidence has been restored. If that ever happens.